BLOCK B 'LIGHT TOUCH'

Question 1

ALGORITHM

Answer 1

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLVE PROBLEM

Question 2

ABSTRACTION

Answer 2

REMOVING UNNECESSARY INFO, ALLOWS FOCUS ON IMPORTANT

Question 3

DECOMPOSITION

Answer 3

BREAKING BIG PROB INTO SMALL PROBLEM

Question 4

ALGORITHMIC THINKING

Answer 4

IMAGINE SOLUTION TO PROBLEM IN LOGICAL STEPS

Question 5

DIAMOND

Answer 5

WHEN DECISION MUST BE MADE

Question 6

PARALLELOGRAM

Answer 6

INPUT OR OUTPUT

Question 7

RECTANGLE

Answer 7

TASK BEING CARRIED OUT

Question 8

PILL

Answer 8

START/STOP

Question 9

PROCESSES

Answer 9

CALCULATIONS CARRIED OUT ON SET OF DATA

Question 10

BUBBLE SORT (LINEAR)

Answer 10

TWO BY TWO

Question 11

MERGE SORT

Answer 11

FIRST HALF, HALF, SECOND SORT, SORT, DONE

Question 12

INSERTION SORT (BINARY)

Answer 12

BRING TO FRONT

Question 13

MOD

Answer 13

GIVES REMAINDER WHEN DIVIDING

Question 14

DIV

Answer 14

WHOLE NUMBER WHEN DIVIDING

Question 15

COMPILERS

Answer 15

CHECKS TEXT AS WHOLE BUT TAKES A WHILE

Question 16

INTERPRETER

Answer 16

ONE LINE AT A TIME, FAST BUT REPETITIVE

Question 17

ERROR DIAGNOSTICS

Answer 17

DEBUGGING TOOLS THAT HELP IDENTIFY ERRORS IN CODES

Question 18

RUN-TIME ENVIRONMENT

Answer 18

ALLOWS PROGRAMS TO RUN VIRTUALLY WITHIN IDE SOFTWARE

Question 19

TRANSLATOR

Answer 19

COMPILER, INTERPRETER

Question 20

LOW LEVEL

Answer 20

COMPUTERS UNDERSTAND E.G. MACHINE CODE

Question 21

HIGH LEVEL

Answer 21

MAN MADE E.G. PYTHON, JAVA

Question 22

SYNTAX

Answer 22

SPELLING OR GRAMMATICAL ERROR

Question 23

LOGIC

Answer 23

PROGRAM RUNS BUT NOT IN THE WAY IT IS INTENDED TO

Question 24

SUB PROGRAMS

Answer 24

INPUT COMMAND, AVOIDS REPETITIVE USE BY CREATING DEFINITION

Question 25

INDENTATION

Answer 25

SEPARATE STATEMENTS INTO GROUPS

Question 26

AUTHENTICATION

Answer 26

CHECK IDENTITY OF USER E.G. PASSWORDS

Question 27

INPUT VALIDATION

Answer 27

CHECKS DATA IS ACCURATE, IN CORRECT FORMAT E.G. NUMBERS

Question 28

ITERATIVE TESTING

Answer 28

CODE, THEN CHECK, CORRECT AND REPEAT

Question 29

TRACE TABLES

Answer 29

PREDICTING RESULTS, CAN HELP WITH SPOTTING LOGIC ERRORS

Question 30

CASTING

Answer 30

ONE DATA TYPE TO ANOTHER E.G INT(“17”)

Question 31

ARRAY ADVANTAGES

Answer 31

EASIER TO DEBUG AND MAINTAIN, EASIER TO PROCESS USING A FOR LOOP

Question 32

EXAMPLE OF ARRAY

Answer 32

AR=[1,2,3,4]
PRINT(AR)
AR=[1,”EEL”]
PRINT(AR)

Question 33

ARRAY

Answer 33

LIST

Question 34

ARRAY TABLE: HOW TO DO

Answer 34

M=[[“JAN”,6,3],[“FEB”,7,6]]

Question 35

MAINTAINABILITY

Answer 35

COMMENTS, INDENTATION, NAMING CONVENTIONS, SUB-PROGRAMS